New York Post

No more pets for Qns. animal hoarder

- Igor Kossov, Aaron Feis

A Queens woman convicted of 108 counts of animal cruelty dodged jail time at her sentencing on Monday, but was banned from owning pets for 10 years.

Elizabeth Grant, who was found hoarding more than 60 pets at her Jackson Heights home, balked at signing documents outlining the ban in Queens Supreme Court.

“I can’t live without animals,” Grant, 50, whined. “I’m not married, I have no children. They are my children.”

Judge Stephanie Zaro — appearing increasing­ly fed up with Grant’s refusal to sign the papers — countered: “I don’t care if you love them. They were hurt, and no more animals will be hurt by you.”

If Grant loved the 55 cats, 12 dogs and two turtles rescued from her squalid 82nd Street home, she had a funny way of showing it.

A cop who came to the home on an unrelated matter in January 2016 glimpsed the horror show through an open door, according to officials.

When the cop returned a couple weeks later with the ASPCA, they found the severely neglected animals living in a trash-strewn hovel lined with fur and marked with an overwhelmi­ng stench of urine and feces, authoritie­s said.

More than 50 of the animals have since been adopted out, but 12 had to be euthanized, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

“Maybe I loved too much, maybe there were too many,” Grant blubbered on Monday. “I only take pleasure in giving love and help and sustenance.”

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